Results from a new survey show that despite public awareness campaigns, only about half of all American women understand that heart disease is the leading cause of death in women. The survey, completed for the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women public awareness campaign, also found that only slightly more than half of women would call for emergency help if they thought they were having a heart attack. Experts point out that women have heart attack symptoms that are very different...
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